The Nasdaq Composite Index bore the brunt, falling 5% to finish below the 3,000 level, as Wall Street analysts shot down their own tech favorites with a fusillade of downgrades.
The brunt, however, falls disproportionately on the little guy; while Enron, WorldCom and Adelphia capture the headlines, the study showed that scams at small businesses cost an average $127,000 in 2002, compared with $97,000 at large companies.
After Villani fell to Brunt, Kate Cross removed Meg Lanning, Jessica Cameron and Alex Blackwell in seven balls.
The brunt of the impact fell on four women: the three au pairs, and a visitor to New York from the Philippines, who was knocked to the side.
Thus the brunt of the recession fell on midsize private manufacturers and distributors.
The brunt of poor health fell on the rural poor; most of them live out of reach of health providers.
We're in the majority party, so the brunt of that falls on us".
In 1990-91, the brunt seemed to fall on middle managers as companies tried to slim down.
One caught the candidate, saving him from possible injury, while another caught the brunt of the falling banister, fracturing several bones in his foot.
Since then, however, the overall jobless rate has climbed to 4.5percentt, and temporary employment has borne the brunt of it, falling by 20percentt, or 500,000 people.
